Geostationary weather satellites orbit the Earth above the equator.Because of this orbit, they remain stationary with respect to the rotating Earth.The news media use the geostationary photos in their daily weather presentation as single pictures or made into movie loops (slide show).
Polar orbiting weather satellites circle the Earth in a up down path passing over both poles in there continuous orbit.Polar satellites are in sun synchronos orbits, which means they are able to look at any place on Earth and will see every location twice a day.Polar orbiting weather satellites offer a much better resolution than their geostationary counterparts due their closeness to the Earth.
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